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(No Model.) W. s. RUSSELL.

FOUNTAIN INK WELL.

N0. 523,010. Patented July 17, 1.894.

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UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WINFIELD SCOTT RUSSELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOUNTAIN INK-WELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 523,010, dated July 17, 1894.

Application filed January 27,1894. Serial No. 498,191. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- I Be it known that I, WINFIELD SCOTT RUs- SELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain Ink-Wells, of

which the following is a specification.

. This invention relates to fountain ink-wells and has for its object to provide a simple,

, of the parts thereof.

A further and particular object of the invention is to obviate one of the main disadvantages of the present form of fountain inkstand, wherein, when the'funnel is hastily depressed by the pen, it is not infrequently pushed inward, so far or so forcibly, as to cause the ink to overflow the funnel and run down the sides of the ink-well. It has been attempted to avoid this by making the tube of the funnel of such a length as to abut i against thebottom of the well when sufficiently as yet been found practically impossible to manufacture any two glass ink-wells absolutely alike interiorly, considerable difficulty is encountered in making these tubes and wells correspond and fit together.

The invention, which is primarily designed to overcome these manifold faults and difficulties, consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which like letters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout all the views, Figure 1 is a perspective View of an ink-wellembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through the center of the ink-well,illustrating the various elements and features constituting my device. Fig. 3 is a similar View of the central funnel and tube when removed, and Fig. 4: is asection of the said funnel on the line ocw Fig. 3.

Upon the ink-well A, which is preferably square in shape and made of glass, I form a collar or rim, a, externally screw-threaded and having thereon the ledge a. Resting on this ledge is a rubber disk I) having the usual opening in the center for the funnel, surrounding which is the lip 12*. Over the disk is placed the cover B internally screw-threaded, and engaging with the rim (1. i This cover also has at its center an opening 13 considerably larger than the opening 12' in the disk. Within the opening I) is fitted the funnel 0 having the peripheral groove (1 therein, in which groove the lip 12 of the disk 12 extends, space being left between the said lip and the roof of the groove at the top and the bead c at the bottom. The funnel has depending therefrom the tube e, integral therewith, and projecting downward to within a short distance of the bottom of the Well. At equidistantpoints in the funnel are formed air-holes f extending through the neck thereof and opening into the groove in the form of slots f. Upon the funnel at the exterior of its top or mouth I provide an annular fiange g tapering outward and appreciably wider than the opening B in the cover.

The pen depressing the funnel, the ink flows through the tube 6 into the same, the flange g abutting against the cover and preventing the funnel from being forced too far inward. The disk I) bears against the roof of the groove of in the funnel and prevents any air from ontering the well. The disk also serves to restore the funnel to the raised position.

When it is desired to fill the ink-well the funnel is slightly raised and the groove (1 being wider than the disks and the slots f extending from top to bottom thereof, the said disks bearing upon the bead 0' leaves a space above the same thus connecting the air with the air-holes f, whereby the air within the well may escape and permit the ink to be poured therein through the funnel.

I do not claim broadly the use of a rubber disk, nor the bare principle of providing the funnel with air-holes, as I am aware thatinktures; but

7 holes in the base thereof opening into slots in jthe groove, of a rubber disk surrounding the funnel at the groove, and of less thickness than the depth thereof, substantially as shown and described: V g

3. In a fountain ink-Well, the combination with a well, acovertherefor, and a funnelv having an annular flange at the top thereof, a peripheral groove therein and air-holes in the base thereof opening into slots in the groove, of a rubber disk surrounding the f unnel atithe groove and of less thickness than the depth thereof, substantially as shown and described. V

4. In a fountain ink-well, the combination with a well, a cover having an opening therein, and a funnel within the said opening having an annular flange thereon projecting beyond the said opening to act as a stop, a peripheral groove in the said funnel, and air-holes in the base thereof opening into slots extending from top to bottom of the groove, of arubber disk intervening the well and the cover and surrounding the funnel at the mouth, a lip upon the said funnel of less thickness than the depth of the said funnel, whereby the airholes may be connected with the air, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 25th day of Jannary, 1894:.

VVINFIELD- SCOTT RUSSELL.

I Witnesses:

PERCY T. GRIFFITH,

EDGAR TATE. 

